Olberman suspended

[Stealth Hunter]

Originally Posted by Platapus

He is no better or worse than Beck or Limbaugh.

These are entertainers. People should watch them for entertainment purposes only. No one should be considering any of these actual authorities on political issues.

Least of all Beck. I think his best claim was when he said he held Washington's First Inaugural Address in his own hands and read it. And then he got dramatic and told about how moving it was (and yes, there were tears; lots and lots of tears).

http://motherjones.com/politics/2010...estoring-honor

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Least of all Beck. I think his best claim was when he said he held Washington's First Inaugural Address in his own hands and read it. And then he got dramatic and told about how moving it was (and yes, there were tears; lots and lots of tears).

http://motherjones.com/politics/2010...estoring-honor

I know what you mean. I certainly admire many of our nation's past leaders, but don't go as far to get choked up when reading Washington's Inagural Address or the Gettysburg Address, or what-have-you. I consider such displays to be empty, and frankly, tasteless theatrics.

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I consider such displays to be empty, and frankly, tasteless theatrics.

+1

"Oh spare me the theatrics!" came to mind when I saw Boehner break down in tears. We don't need crocodile tears, we don't need any tears at all. We need people in office who will quit screwing around with us and just do their jobs.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by krashkart

+1

"Oh spare me the theatrics!" came to mind when I saw Boehner break down in tears. We don't need crocodile tears, we don't need any tears at all. We need people in office who will quit screwing around with us and just do their jobs.

Exactly what I was thinking too. My second thought was to imagine the uproar on this forum if Nancy Pelosi had done it. But it was Boehner, so he gets a pass.

Boehner's reaction may have looked hokey but I think it was sincere. Men don't cry that easily.

But Boehner is Catholic and a smoker....so perhaps that is it.

[FIREWALL]

And in the end results around SubSim... Who gives a s**t !!!

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by krashkart

+1

"Oh spare me the theatrics!" came to mind when I saw Boehner break down in tears.

Hey Hey Hey! He spent a lot of time practicing those tears. You think it is easy to cry live on camera?

Give the man some credit. Those were some well timed tears.

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Hey Hey Hey! He spent a lot of time practicing those tears. You think it is easy to cry live on camera?

Give the man some credit. Those were some well timed tears.

You're right. I'll give him an 'E' for effort and a chance to prove the worth of those tears.

[Bubblehead1980]

Don't be so cynical, they were real tears.The man catches a lot of flak but has lived the "American Dream" in the truest since so when it all hit him that he after many years will he most likely be Speaker of the House in addition to the emotion of knowing they can stop the crap thats been going on, it overwhelmed him.Rather wrong to assume they were fake.I am not an emotional person, honestly have no cried since I was in middle school except at a funeral, well after it but I would prob cry to if rose up from what he did to where is about to be.I will prob get a little misty eyed when I see Obama lose in 2012, tears of joy you know.

From the wiki on him, just the section on his early life.Matches up with other sources.

Boehner was born in Reading, Ohio, the son of Mary Anne (née Hall) and Earl Henry Boehner, the second of twelve children in a German-Irish family.[2] He grew up in modest circumstances, having shared one bathroom with his dozen siblings in a two-bedroom house in Cincinnati. His parents slept on a pull-out couch.[3] He started working at his family's bar at age 8, a business founded by their grandfather Andy Boehner in 1938.[3] He has lived in Southwest Ohio his entire life. All but two of his siblings still live within a few miles of each other, two are unemployed and most of the others have blue-collar jobs.[4]
He graduated from Cincinnati Moeller High School in 1968, when U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War was at its peak. Boehner enlisted in the United States Navy but was honorably discharged after eight weeks for medical reasons.[5] He earned his bachelor's degree in business from Xavier University in Cincinnati in 1977, becoming the first person in his family to attend college, taking seven years as he held several jobs to pay for his education.[3] He subsequently accepted a position with Nucite Sales, a small sales business in the packaging and plastics industry, where he eventually became president of the firm.[6]

[krashkart]

You are right, the man deserves a fighting chance. My snappy commentary was anything but fair.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

Don't be so cynical, they were real tears.The man catches a lot of flak but has lived the "American Dream" in the truest since so when it all hit him that he after many years will he most likely be Speaker of the House in addition to the emotion of knowing they can stop the crap thats been going on, it overwhelmed him.Rather wrong to assume they were fake.I am not an emotional person, honestly have no cried since I was in middle school except at a funeral, well after it but I would prob cry to if rose up from what he did to where is about to be.I will prob get a little misty eyed when I see Obama lose in 2012, tears of joy you know.

From the wiki on him, just the section on his early life.Matches up with other sources.

Boehner was born in Reading, Ohio, the son of Mary Anne (née Hall) and Earl Henry Boehner, the second of twelve children in a German-Irish family.[2] He grew up in modest circumstances, having shared one bathroom with his dozen siblings in a two-bedroom house in Cincinnati. His parents slept on a pull-out couch.[3] He started working at his family's bar at age 8, a business founded by their grandfather Andy Boehner in 1938.[3] He has lived in Southwest Ohio his entire life. All but two of his siblings still live within a few miles of each other, two are unemployed and most of the others have blue-collar jobs.[4]
He graduated from Cincinnati Moeller High School in 1968, when U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War was at its peak. Boehner enlisted in the United States Navy but was honorably discharged after eight weeks for medical reasons.[5] He earned his bachelor's degree in business from Xavier University in Cincinnati in 1977, becoming the first person in his family to attend college, taking seven years as he held several jobs to pay for his education.[3] He subsequently accepted a position with Nucite Sales, a small sales business in the packaging and plastics industry, where he eventually became president of the firm.[6]

Yes, yes. I'm sure he grew up in a log cabin, learned to read and write by slate and couldn't lie about his father's apple tree. My point is that if someone on Team D had teared up like that, a huge number of you would be calling for his head.